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What Happens Now With the Oklahoma City Thunder & Russell Westbrook?
The first round exit of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Russell Westbrook wasn’t a surprise considering their opponents and the team’s overall ability this season. Westbrook is the favorite to win the NBA’s regular season MVP for his impressive one-man show and statistical efforts, but this never looked like a team capable of going far in the playoffs.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Season Preview: Russell Westbrook Saving Franchise From Rebuilding
The Oklahoma City Thunder opened the offseason with a huge blow, losing the franchise’s best player since moving from Seattle. Russell Westbrook not demanding a trade and extending his contract saved the team from beginning a rebuilding process.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Not Having Kevin Durant Isn’t That Bad When Russell Westbrook is on Your Team
The Oklahoma City Thunder don’t have Kevin Durant right now, but they do have Russell Westbrook. Against a New Orleans Pelicans team that’s missing Anthony Davis and most of their rotation, that’s enough to win 110-103.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Helps Out Billy Donovan, Shreds Tony Parker
Everyone talking about the return of Kevin Durant probably gave Russell Westbrook some extra motivation for the first game of the season, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 112-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs, giving Billy Donovan a nice victory on his debut in the NBA while revealing the problems for the still meshing Spurs.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Don’t Forget About Them
Everyone is talking about the San Antonio Spurs as the new favorites to win the NBA championship. The Golden State Warriors are the defending and looking very strong champions. The Cleveland Cavaliers are re-loading and if healthy might actually be the best team in the NBA. And how can one forget about the Los Angeles Clippers, vastly improving this free agency? Somehow, everyone has forgotten about the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Deny Portland Trail Blazers From Signing Enes Kanter
As expected, the Oklahoma City Thunder matches the offer sheet the Portland Trail Blazers signed Enes Kanter to. It means the Thunder have another player on a maximum contract, and the Blazers remain very weak in the frontcourt.
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NBA Playoffs – Dallas Mavericks Complicate Things for Oklahoma City Thunder
As amazing as Russell Westbrook can be, the Oklahoma City Thunder are still far from certain in the 2015 NBA playoffs, losing 135-131 to the Dallas Mavericks which overly complicates things.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Playing MVP Basketball
While the last MVP winner, Kevin Durant, is out with another injury, his sidekick Russell Westbrook is doing his best to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder charging towards a playoff spot and more while making his case for winning the award, a case that looks stronger and stronger with every passing game.
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Utah Jazz – The Unknown Future at Point Guard
Still in the hunt for the postseason but more realistically in the middle of an embarrassing late season collapse, the Utah Jazz might be already looking towards the summer, in which their decision to keep either Paul Millsap or Al Jefferson, along with their need to find a starting point guard to steer the team in the right direction, trumps everything else.
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Utah Jazz – Gordon Hayward Rises Above Suffocating Physicality
The Utah Jazz want to physical and tough each and every night, just like the Memphis Grizzlies usually have been over the last three seasons. Still, someone needs to rise above all the brutishness and score some points, and Gordon Hayward, part of the future the Jazz are hoping will be a bright one, became the one that rises.